Cricket

Spalding Town picked up their third win of the Lincolnshire ECB Premier League season with a nervy 14-run victory over Nettleham in a low-scoring affair at Seas End Hall on Saturday. In-form Australian opener Mitch Freeman top scored with 44 as Town were bowled out for what looked like a modest 127 in just 35.3 overs after being put into ...

Moulton Harrox 2nd moved to the top of the South Lincs and Border League Division One table with a dominant ten-wicket victory over Billingborough 2nd on Saturday. Hosts Harrox lost the toss at Broad Lane, but saw their opponents crumble to 50 all out in 25.1 overs after opting to bat first. Moulton needed only 9.4 overs to knock off ...

Long Sutton got their South Lincs and Border League Premier Division title challenge back on track with an impressive four-wicket win at neighbours Boston on Saturday. Hosts Boston chose to bat first at the Mayflower after winning the toss and posted a solid 206-4, with opener Ben Troops making an unbeaten 104 and number three Tom Baxter adding 55. Sutton’s ...

Spalding Town suffered a comprehensive ten-wicket derby defeat at Market Deeping in the Lincs ECB Premier League on Saturday. After hosts Deeping won the toss and put Town into bat, on Ethan Lawrence (57) and number 11 Harry Birch (20 not out) impressed as the visitors were dismissed for 173 at Outgang Road. Openers Josh Smith (96 not out) and ...

An unbeaten 54 from skipper Chris Beale guided Moulton Harrox to a seven-wicket victory over Sleaford 2nd in South Lincs and Border League Premier Division on Saturday. Visitors Sleaford chose to bat first at Broad Lane after winning the toss, but could only manage a lesiurely 110-6 from their 45 overs. Hosts Harrox were in much more of a hurry ...

Long Sutton lost ground in the South Lincs and Border League Premier Division title race after suffering an eight-wicket defeat against table-toppers Grantham 2nd on Saturday. After being put into bat by their opposition, Josh Baker top scored with 37 as Sutton were knocked over for 157 in 38.2 overs at Paradise Field. Grantham made light work of their target ...

Mitch Freeman and Chris Dring both smashed centuries as Spalding Town produced by far their best performance of the Lincs ECB Premier League season on Saturday. Having been put into bat by visitors Skegness at Seas End Hall, Aussie all-rounder Freeman made a huge 125 from 144 balls and skipper Dring crushed a brilliant 112 not out from 77 balls ...

Spalding Town endured a tough day on Saturday as hosts Bracebridge Heath handed them an 118-run defeat in the Lincs ECB Premier League. A dominant display with the bat paved the way for Bracebridge’s first win of the season, as Taylor Fell’s unbeaten 125 steered them to a huge 305-2 after winning the toss. Jon Manton (38) and Mitch Freeman ...

Barry Stanway took five wickets as Long Sutton secured a dominant eight-wicket win at Heckington in the South Lincs and Border League Premier Division on Saturday. The hosts opted to bat first after winning the toss, but were soon skittled out for 109 in 25.5 overs by an inspired Sutton. Stanway (5-44), Paul Edgeller (3-31) and Adam Whitaker (2-33) did ...

Spalding Town 1st suffered their heaviest defeat of the Lincs ECB Premier League season so far on Saturday as Lincoln Lindum romped to a 253-run success at Seas End Hall. Having lost the toss, visitors Lindum opted to bat first and duly posted a dominant score of 294-4 from their 50 overs as Gus Robbins scored an unbeaten 109 from ...

An unbeaten half-century from captain Mark Ramsden steered Moulton Harrox 2nd to a six-wicket victory at Grantham 3rd on Saturday – and sent his side top of the table. Hosts Grantham had posted 146-9 from their 45 overs in the South Lincs and Border League Division One clash. But Ramsden’s undefeated 62, plus a calm 22 not out from Harry ...

A stellar century from Stewart Mudie put Moulton Harrox to the sword on Saturday as they suffered a 127-run defeat against Grantham 2nd. Opener Mudie made 101 in Grantham’s 230-8 at Harrox Field, before Moulton were knocked over for 103 in 34.2 overs in reply. The defeat, which saw Moulton bag just five points, is just their second defeat of ...

Long Sutton 1st are sitting pretty in third place in the South Lincs and Border League Premier Division table after an 80-run victory over Woodhall Spa 2nd on Saturday. Opener Adam Wright top scored with 37 as Sutton posted a healthy 204-8 from their 45 overs after being put into bat at Paradise Field. Visitors Spa 2nd were dismissed for ...

An unbeaten half-century from Mike Kearns Snr helped steer Moulton Harrox 2nd to a derby win over Spalding Town 2nd in South Lincs and Border League Division One on Saturday. Opener Kearns scored a typical 54 not out for Moulton as they made 94-2 in reply to Town’s 91 all out at Harrox Field to seal an eight-wicket success. With ...

Spalding Town 1st grabbed their first win of the new Lincs ECB Premier League season on Saturday as they beat hosts Louth by three wickets. After suffering back-to-back defeats at the start of the season, promoted Town are finally up and running after securing maximum points at London Road. Spalding skipper Chris Dring won the toss and opted to bowl ...

There was derby delight for Long Sutton on Saturday as they defeated rivals Moulton Harrox by 66 runs at Paradise Field. Half-centuries in the middle order from Tim Norris (67) and Paul Edgeller (53) helped Sutton to 214-9 in the South Lincs and Border League Premier Division clash. Harrox could only manage 148 in reply despite a super 78 from ...

Spalding Town’s tough start to the new Lincs ECB Premier Division season continued on Saturday as they suffered a 152-run defeat at Bourne. An unbeaten 121 from just 77 balls by Peter Morgan inspired hosts Bourne to 307-3 at the Abbey Lawn, with Jonathan Cheer (88) and Sam Evison (61) also adding half-centuries. Opener Jon Manton batted superbly in reply ...

Moulton Harrox got their South Lincs and Border League Premier Division season off to a flier as they beat Market Deeping 2nd by five wickets on Saturday. Having won the toss, hosts Harrox put Deeping into bat at Broad Lane and bowled them out for 173 in 43 overs – with Jack Barnett taking fine figures of 6-28. In reply, ...

Spalding Town endured a baptism of fire on their return to the Lincs ECB Premier League as Sleaford handed them a ten-wicket defeat on Saturday. Promoted Town, who were playing at their revamped Seas End Hall home, were put into bat by the visitors on the opening day of the season. Town were bowled out 144 in 43 overs, with ...

South Holland sides were among a clutch of teams to get their South Lincs and Border League season under way on Saturday. In the Premier Division, Long Sutton 1st suffered a 49-run defeat against Heckington at Paradise Field. The visitors scored 188-9 batting first, with Jed Humphries (56) and Richard Wells (48) scoring well. Josh Baker (2-49) and Jake Burton ...